Russian soldiers point their guns at Georgian troops on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. Russian troops began pulling out Thursday from this hub on Georgia's main east-west highway, Georgia's Interior Ministry said, where the soldiers' presence raised fears that Russia would challenge a shaky cease-fire agreement.
Russian soldiers ride on a tank on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008.Georgia early Thursday said the Russians were leaving Gori, but later alleged they were bringing in additional troops. Georgian officials who had gone into the city for the possible handover left unexpectedly around midday.
Russian troops take up positions on farmland, during a search operation outside of the Black Sea port of Poti, Georgia, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. Russian forces Wednesday targeted three Georgian boats in Poti, and Georgian television showed the boats ablaze in the city's harbor. For several days, Russian troops held the western area near Abkhazia, controlling the region's main highway.
A Georgian woman cries in front of her destroyed apartment building in the city of Gori, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. An EU peace plan for Georgia and Russia seemed to crumble Wednesday, as the concept of having both sides retreat to their original positions ran into the stark reality of Russian dominance on the battlefield.
A Russian military convoy travels near Gori, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Russian tanks rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Wednesday then pressed deeper into Georgian territory, smashing an EU-brokered truce designed to end a six-day conflict that has uprooted 100,000 people and scarred the Georgian landscape.
A soldier rides atop a military vehicle as a Russian military convoy proceeds near Gori, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008.
A Russian military convoy moves past a horse-drawn cart carrying local residents, outside Gori, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008.
Smoke rises from a Georgian army base outside Gori, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. Russian troops and paramilitaries thrust deep into Georgia on Wednesday, rolling into the strategic city of Gori and violating the truce designed to end the six-day war that has uprooted 100,000 people and scarred the Georgian landscape.
Paramilitary troops secure a Russian military convoy near Gori, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008.
A physician treats an injured man in a Russian field hospital, in Tskhinvali, in the Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia's capital on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Russia accused Georgia of killing more than 2,000 people, mostly civilians, in the separatist province of South Ossetia. The claim couldn't be independently confirmed, but witnesses who fled the area over the weekend said hundreds had died.
Russian soldiers ride atop an armored vehicle through a street in Tskhinvali, capital of the Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. A destroyed tank is seen in the foreground.
A Georgian woman reacts beside her burning apartment building in the city of Gori, Georgia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008.
A Georgian walks past damage caused by recent fighting, as a statue of former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in seen in the background, in Gori, northwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008.
A Georgian man sits next to a destroyed building in the village of Ruisi near the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. The Georgian government said that Ruisi and another village were hit by Russian forces who have been active for several days in the region since Georgia launched an offensive to retake South Ossetia on Thursday.
A Georgian man inspects a destroyed building in the village of Ruisi near the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008.
Georgians are seen outside a destroyed building in the village of Ruisi, near the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008.